WIW32520 – Innovation in Finance - Digital and Sustainable Finance

Module
Innovation in Finance - Digital and Sustainable Finance
Innovation in Finance - Digital and Sustainable Finance
Module number
WIW32520
Version: 1
Faculty
Business Administration
Level
Master
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Summer semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr. rer. oec. Guido Sopp
Guido.Sopp(at)fh-zwickau.de

Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. rer. oec. Guido Sopp
Guido.Sopp(at)fh-zwickau.de

Course language(s)

English
in "Innovation in Finance – Digital and Sustainable Finance"

ECTS credits

5.00 credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

4.00 SCH (2.00 SCH Vorlesung | 2.00 SCH Seminar)

Self-study time

90.00 hours
90.00 hours Self-study - Innovation in Finance – Digital and Sustainable Finance

Pre-examination(s)
None
Examination(s)

alternative Prüfungsleistung - Presentation
Module examination | Examination time: 20 min | Weighting: 50% | not graded | wird in englischer Sprache abgenommen
in "Innovation in Finance – Digital and Sustainable Finance"

alternative Prüfungsleistung - Paper
Module examination | Weighting: 50% | not graded | wird in englischer Sprache abgenommen
in "Innovation in Finance – Digital and Sustainable Finance"

Media type
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Instruction content/structure

Teaching content:

  • Digital securities, coins and tokens
  • ICO – Initial Coin Offering
  • DLT applications in finance – use cases
  • Big data and Artificial Intelligence in financial services
  • Sustainability Bonds – characteristics and legal framework
  • Certification and ESG Ratings
  • Sustainability Risk Management
  • CSR-Reporting
Qualification objectives

Students are introduced to the most recent developments in the areas of Digital Finance and Sustainable Finance.

In the area of Sustainable Finance, students are familiarised with the need and the framework for Sustainable Finance, with a specific focus on the European framework. This includes the conditions and legal requirements for the issuance of „sustainable“ financing, as well as the management of sustainability risks, certification and sustainability ratings and CSR-reporting.

Digital Finance refers to the impact of new technologies on finance functions and finance activities and resulting new forms of financing. Students will learn about the functioning and application areas of digital securities, coins and tokens, inter alia, as well as the underlying regulatory framework in Germany. Use cases for Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in finance are developed and students learn how Big Data and Artificial Intelligence is used in financial services.

Special admission requirements

keine

Recommended prerequisites
No information
Continuation options
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Literature
  • Crypto uncovered (Swammy, Thompson, Loh), 2018.
  • Crypto assets, Key Developments, European Parliament study, 2020.
  • Sustainable Finance in Europe, hrsg. von Danny Busch, Guido Ferrarini und Seraina Grünewald, 2021.
  • Sustainable finance: the European Union’s approach to increasing sustainable investments and growth - opportunities and challenges (Claringbould, Koch, Owen), Vierteljahreshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, Bd. 88/2019, S. 11-27.

Principles of sustainable finance (Schoenmaker, Schramade), 2019.

Notes
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